Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

HIST 380 - CULT, SECURITY, & HUMAN RIGHTS

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Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CULTURE, SECURITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ***** Course addresses theories of risk society and their relationship to concepts of culture, gender, security, and human rights-based social movements. It addresses contemporary reorganizations of domestic, cultural, geopolitical space and also examines the increasingly intense discussions surrounding 'cultures' of fear, risk, safety, civility, governance, biopolitics, and rights. ***** Also offered as ANTH 380, WGST 380. ***** Course offered Spring. ***** Instructor(s): Chivens.